Riot reveals new League of Legends Worlds 2023 format and location, MSI expansion
Staff, 2023-01-10 04:05:00,
❘ Published: 2023-01-10T09:59:49
❘ Updated: 2023-01-10T09:59:58
Riot Games have announced locations for League of Legends’ Worlds and MSI in 2023, with Korea and London getting the nod respectively. Both tournaments will undergo significant changes with Worlds getting a Swiss groups stage, and MSI expanding.
League of Legends’ Worlds and MSI formats are changing again for 2023, with Riot implementing some community suggestions into the game’s two major tournaments for the year.
While it’s still single-elimination playoffs for the most part, Riot has increased the stakes of every match and trimmed back the fat to reduce the number of ‘dead rubbers’ with a mix of Swiss and double-elimination brackets in the early stages of events.
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Worlds is returning to South Korea for the first time since Invictus Gaming lifted the trophy in 2018.
MSI 2023 expands to 13 teams
MSI 2023 will be heading to London, as international League of Legends returns to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2015.
The format of the mid-season event will also be expanding to 13 teams with Riot’s global regional changes now in effect. The top four leagues — LCK, LPL, LEC, and LCS — will now send two representatives to the event, with the LLA, CBLOL, PCS, VCS, and LJL sending one.
The LCO has been rolled into the PCS now, meaning there is no direct invite for Oceania’s best team.
With the expanded format, eight…
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